Eucera
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| Eucera cinnamomea, male | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Eucerini |
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Eucera Scopoli, 1770 |
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Eucera is a genus of bees in the family Apidae, subfamily Apinae, and tribe Eucerini - the long-horned bees.
As in most members of the tribe Eucerini, the antennae of males are very long. Old World Eucera can be identified through having five or six maxillary palpomeres, with the first flagellomere shorter than the scape and the clypeus protruding in front of the compound eye by at least the width of the eye in side view. These characteristics are found in both sexes. Additionally, the males have convergent carinae on S6. Eucera species nest in the ground.
Eucera is holarctic.
This genus has 219 species classified in 5 subgenera, of which 78 species are known from Europe.
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